Fibre Channel Specifications, PCI Express Interface

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QLE2562 Dual Port 8Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express Host Bus Adapter

Fibre Channel Specifications

Negotiation

••8/4/2Gbps auto-negotiation

IOPS

••200,000 initiator and target IOPS per port

Class of service

••2 and 3

Topology

••FC-AL, FC-AL2, point-to-point, switched fabric

Protocols

••FCP-3-SCSI

••FC-Tape (FCP-2) Cable distances

		Multi-Mode Optic

	Cable Type and Distance (m)

Rate	OM1		OM2	OM3

2Gbps	150		300	500

4Gbps	70		150	380

8Gbps	21		50	150

PCI Express Interface

Compliance

••PCI Express Base Specification rev. 2.0

••PCI Express Card Electromechanical Specification rev. 2.0

••PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification rev. 1.2

HBA Specifications

Airflow

••No airflow required

Power consumption

••6.2 Watts (typical)

Form factor

••Low-profile PCI Express card (6.6 in. x 2.54 in.)

Temperature

••0 to 55°C (operating)

••-40 to 70°C (non-operating)

Relative Humidity

••10% to 90% (operating, non-condensing)

••5% to 93% (non-operating, non-condensing)

RoHS compliance

••RoHS 6

Tools and Utilities

Management tools

••SANsurfer® FC HBA Manager

••SANsurfer FC HBA CLI

Device utilities

••Utilities for flashing bootcode

••Linux scripting tools

Boot support

••BIOS, FCode, UEFI, EFI

APIs

••SNIA HBA API V2, SMI-S, FDMI

••Novell® SLES 10, 9

••VMware® ESX Server 3.5 and 3i (targeted versions)

••NetWare® 6.5

Agency Approvals—EMI and EMC

US/Canada

••FCC Part 15, Subpart B, Class A; ICES-003, Class A

Europe

••EN55022, Class A

New Zealand/Australia

••AS/NZS 3548 Class A

Japan

••VCCI V-3/2004.4, Class A

Korea

••MIC

Taiwan

••BSMI (CNS 13438)

Agency Approvals—Safety

US/Canada

••UL, cUL: UL60950, CSA C22.2 No.60950, Class 1

Laser Product per DHHS 21CFR J

Europe

••73/23/ECC Low Voltage Directive:

––TUV: EN60950-1:2001, EN60825-

1:1994+A1+A2, EN60825-2:1994+A1

Ordering Information

	••PCI Hot Plug Specification rev. 1.0	Platform/Operating System Support

	Physical and electrical	Hardware platforms
	••PCIe x8 physical connector
		••IA32 (x86), IA64, Intel® 64
	••StarPower link training
		••AMD™ Opteron64
	––Maximum x4 lanes for Gen2 rate
		••Sun™ SPARC®
	––Maximum x8 lanes for Gen1 rate
		Operating systems

	Connectivity	••Windows® Server™ 2003, Windows XP Pro x64,
		Windows Vista™ (Business and Enterprise),
	Ports	Windows Server 2008
		••Solaris™ 10 (x86 and SPARC)
	••Dual 8Gbps Fibre Channel
		••Red Hat® AS 5.x, 4.x
	••SFP+ with LC-style connector

QLE2562-CK

••Ships in an individually packed box with a standard size bracket, a spare low-profile bracket, SANsurfer FC HBAs CD, and Quick Start Guide

QLE2562-BK

••Ships in a bulk box in quantities of 20 or 50 with standard size brackets

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